All posts tagged "Dictator"

Donald Trump on Wednesday refused to directly answer a question during his Fox News Iowa town hall.

Trump, who has had his ups and downs with the conservative network in the past, appeared on Fox News and was asked about a "warning" he has given about the threat of political violence.

"In recent days, you seem to issue a warning that if they didn't treat you fairly, maybe there would be bedlam in the country," one of the moderators said to Trump before playing video of Joe Biden saying Trump refuses to condemn political violence. Trump was then asked if he would do so....

Donald Trump has reportedly refused to sign a traditional ballot-access oath in Illinois. The oath requires the candidate to vow not to overthrow the government.

Trump, who earlier on Saturday mocked the suggestion that he would be a "dictator" if given another chance in the White House office, side-stepped "a decades-old, Illinois ballot-access tradition in which candidates pledge not to 'advocate the overthrow of the government,'" Chicago Sun Times reported on Saturday.

Joe Biden's campaign has already weighed in on the development, the outlet reported....

Donald Trump on Saturday mocked the idea that he's an autocrat during an Iowa rally, exclaiming at one point, "I'm a dictator!"

Trump, who was recently asked if he would be a dictator and replied that he would only do so "on day one," is now suggesting it's ridiculous to think he would cobble power in the executive branch if he's given a second chance at the office.

Speaking at a Team Trump Iowa Commit to Caucus Rally at the DMACC Conference Center in Newton, Iowa, Trump broached the subject....

Conditions in the U.S. are perfect for fascism to emerge, but it "is not pre-determined," a historian specializing in rhetoric said Thursday.

Jennifer Mercieca, a historian of political rhetoric at Texas A&M and author of "Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump," said it's not too late to stop the former president from becoming a dictator, as he puts it, for one day. She outlined several signs to look for as we are on "fascism watch."

One of those signs, according to the expert, is "Media intimidation and restrictions (autocrats intimidate the media, so that they won’t try to hold the autocrat accountable to the rule of law)."...

Donald Trump is priming the pump when it comes to his "dehumanizing" language, an authoritarianism expert said on Saturday.

New York University professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat appeared on CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta, where she was asked about comments the former president made earlier in the day. Specifically, Trump once again said that migrants are "poisoning the blood of our country," repeating language purportedly used by Hitler and other dictators.

"You've studied fascist rhetoric, you and I have discussed this many times. What was your reaction when you heard Trump say this earlier today?" Acosta asked of his guest, Ben-Ghiat....

Many of Donald Trump's supporters appear eager to support him even if he is a "dictator" on day one, as he claimed in an interview.

An example of that is a video that was put up on Saturday from Live from America, a conservative streaming network, prior to a Trump rally in Durham, New Hampshire.

The video, published on social media by Patriot Takes, shows a right-wing host asking the crowd if they support Trump's ambitions to be a dictator, with the qualification that he will do so only on day one. ...